System interconnection architectures for multimedia server

Author

Rooholamini, Reza ; Cherkassky, Vladimir

Author_Institution

Dell. Comput. Corp., USA

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

18-22 Jun 1995

Firstpage

238

Abstract

Processor and memory performance is expected to double every 1-2 years. However, the network and storage I/O subsystems has not kept pace. At the same time, the demand for I/O continues to grow, especially for applications such as multimedia. As a result, the I/O subsystems limit the overall system response time. Existing servers are not designed for handling multimedia traffic and effectively delivering the high bandwidth of the network to the processor boards. Extending asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) into the server as the interconnect fabric and communication architecture will alleviate this problem. This solution is further analyzed and simulation results is reported

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; multimedia communication; multiprocessing systems; multiprocessor interconnection networks; network servers; telecommunication computing; telecommunication switching; telecommunication traffic; ATM; asynchronous transfer mode; bandwidth; communication architecture; interconnect fabric; memory performance; multimedia server; multimedia traffic; multiprocessor systems architecture; processor boards; processor performance; simulation results; storage I/O subsystems; system interconnection architectures; system response time; Application software; Asynchronous transfer mode; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Investments; LAN interconnection; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Process control; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1995. ICC '95 Seattle, 'Gateway to Globalization', 1995 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2486-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1995.525171

Filename

525171